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[glitterpants]

KARAMATSU MATSUNO
Private Housing with his brothers, Osomatsu & Ichimatsu.
Actor at Quarantine Studios.

Current Project: Days of our Lives as Modern Cowboys.

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[aeturnus]

[ Cain almost manages to not pull the phone away from his face... but it's a lost cause. He gets back to it in time to hear that sniffing and holds back his sigh. ]

I should have called sooner. Sorry.

[glitterpants]

_{[ That's okay. Nobody ever calls him, so the fact that Cain even called him ow is a Big Deal. ]}
What happened..!? Are you safe now? What hurt you?

[aeturnus]

It was an accident. Nothing too much to worry about, everything worked out fine.

[ This poor kid... Geez. ]

Remember how I'm really, really old? I'm also really, really not-killable.

[glitterpants]

_{[ Instantly, almost all of the worry escapes his voice on the other side of a phone. ]}
Oh.






You're not-killable?
_{[ HE SOUNDS DISAPPOINTED ALMOST? ]}

[aeturnus]

[ That's just fine with him. If it keeps Karamatsu from freaking out (no matter how much the kid must love his theatrics), it's all good. ]

Not permanently, at any rate. Sorry that I worried you.

[glitterpants]

_{[ what could be very, very old, and not not-killable? Karamatsu doesn't ask too many questions because he's really gullible. ]}
—Are you a god?

[aeturnus]

No. Just a really unlucky regular guy, as far as I can tell.

[glitterpants]

You can't be an unlucky regular guy.
_{[ That's him he almost says. ]}

[aeturnus]

What? Why not?

[ You don't have a monopoly on it, Karamatsu!! ]

[glitterpants]

Because you're.. ah..
_{[ charming? good looking? easy to talk to? ]}

---you have nice hair, remember! That is very fortunate. There are two stray hairs that do not sit down on my head no matter how hard I try!
_{[ along with, you know, having shitty life-luck, average looking, and the whole your family hates you thing. ]}

[aeturnus]

[ There's also the fact that he's died more times than years he's been alive, his brother is dead and now a ghost who can't remember his brother for the un-life of him, all his children and descendants are basically cursed to work for the Reapers for however long when they die, it's his own fault death is breaking in his universe...

Well, it's not a contest but they both kind of have it rough. ]

Yeah, I guess that is pretty unlucky.

[glitterpants]

_{[ Karamatsu doesn't know any of those things about Cain, and that's probably a good thing. Maybe later or maybe never. ]}

.. What do you do to get yourself to be so lucky?
_{[ Because that hair, but there's probably more that Karamatsu thinks Cain is fortunate about. ]}

[aeturnus]

Dark, dark rituals.

[ He says it... fairly seriously but his face cracks into a grin soon after. Please pick up on the joke, Karamatsu... ftlog, pls. ]

[glitterpants]

_{[ Karamatsu is so gullible though.. he thinks Cain is being serious. ]}

... did you have to sacrifice something? I wouldn't want that.. I don't want to cause anyone any pain!

[aeturnus]

[ SIGH. It's endearing in its own way, thankfully. ]

Well, we already talked about that, didn't we?

[glitterpants]

YOU KILLED SOMEBODY DIDN'T YOU??
_{[ ah... a lost cause.. ]}

[aeturnus]

How good are you at keeping secrets?

[ Be honest, Karamatsu. Not that he expects the answer to be particularly encouraging. He's asked something similar before, but deeper down the rabbit hole they go... ]

[glitterpants]

_{[He's not sure if he likes this.]}
I.. am relatively good at it, I believe.

[aeturnus]

Okay. What do you know about history? Or... mythology. Could be seen as either, where you're from.

[ Cain may be dragging it out more than necessary. ]

[glitterpants]

In regards to mythology... I know...









Absolutely nothing! Oh, but there is that story about Icarus that I am fond of. Is that what you mean?

[aeturnus]

Uh, kind of close. [ As far as Karamatsu is concerned, Greek and Roman mythology is probably not all that separated... ] Do you know about the founding of Rome?

[glitterpants]

I know that When in Rome is an American romantic-comedy that I enjoy.
_{[ this has nothing to do with anything ]}

[aeturnus]

[ ... honestly, that's about what he expected. ]

Do me a favor sometime and look up the story of Romulus and Remus, okay?

[glitterpants]

_{[ He looks all interested.. look at those shining eyes. ]}
Is it about two brothers?

[aeturnus]

Yeah, but it's mythology so don't get your hopes up.